FEBRUARY IS MISSION’S MONTH
Our Joash (Sacrificial) Offering may be given at any time during the month. This annual offering is used for unexpected needs that arise for our missionaries on their field of service throughout the year.
Our Faith Promise Mission’s Offering enables us to support
3 Children’s Home
2 Crisis Pregnancy Centers
1 Men’s Homeless Shelter
3 Bible Printing/Distribution Ministries.
7 Missionary Families From Our Church
Bibles For Free The Burnettes
Daniel And Emily Ford In Moldova
David & Gerry Smith In Brazil
Eli & Katie Guiltner In Japan
Eric & Lilianna Magnuson in Panama
Jeffery & Lydia Wacharia in Kenya
Marli Page Medical Mission’s Outreach
22 Foreign Missionaries Around The World
14 Local Missionaries in U.S.
Your monthly gift enables us to support these Missionaries in amounts from $100 to $2000 each month. The total amount needed each week is $2000. With each member giving an amount that God’s directs them, we give approximately $100,000 annually. Pray that others will join us in Faith Promise Giving above their Tithe to spread the Gospel around the world.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Hebrews 4:16, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
The law is beyond our capacity.
The Lord’s words in Matthew 5-7 are beyond our capacity.
Our environments also push us beyond our capacity.
All these things are absolutely God’s favor to us, because He is not leaving us to ourselves.
He exhausts us.
He allows us to be defeated and feel discouraged.
But the problem is this–we do not see discouragement as an escort to Christ!
May the Lord open our eyes to see what is happening to us in the midst of our reactions, that we might seize our discouragement and let it escort us to Christ
Have you had any escorts lately?
There is great hope in our escorts.
They turn defeat into hope.
The most defeated can use their very defeat as an escort to Christ.
Whatever the Lord may expose in our lives–our reasoning mind, our divided heart, our motives–causes us to feel undone, naked, and defeated before Him.
We need to realize at that time that the Lord is simply escorting us to Himself.
Paul says in Hebrews 4:13, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”
Following this verse, in which we are exposed to the core of our being, Paul says in Hebrews 4:16, “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
This speaks of being escorted to Christ at the very time of being naked and laid bare.
Thus, all the demands and all the defeats are our personal escorts to Christ.
The demand of the law, the demand of Matthew 5-7, and the demands of our environment are all arranged by God to lead us out of our own limited capacity and ability.
God’s intention is to bring us into Another life.
He wants us to touch the life that now dwells in our spirit.
Touch the life that has already made it into glory!
Touch the life who is the victory!
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Charles Ward – Heart Surgery 2/15
James Garner’s Friend
Jim Mabe – Heart Surgery 2/14
John McClain
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Randy Bond’s Son In Law
Russell Paschal – Heart Surgery 2/15
Terrell Loyd
The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends
Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Carol Lawhead’s Brother
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Kenny & Nora Allison
Pastor Driskell
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Rod Gustafson – Cancer
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tom Witcher